23.The question
to be answered by factorial analysis of the quantitative data does not explain
one of the following

(A) Is ‘X’ related to ‘Y’ ?

(B) How is ‘X’ related to ‘Y’?

(C) How does ‘X’ affect the dependent variable ‘Y’ at different levels
of another independent variable ‘K’ or ‘M’ ?

(D) How is ‘X’ by ‘K’ related to ‘M’?

Answer: D

24.January 12,
1980 was Saturday, what day was January 12, 1979:

(A) Saturday (B) Friday

(C) Sunday (D) Thursday

Answer: B

Explanation:

1 ordinary year = 365 days = (52 weeks + 1 day)

Hence number of odd days in 1 ordinary year = 1.

1 leap year = 366 days = (52 weeks + 2 days)

Hence number of odd days in 1 leap year= 2.

The year 1979 is an ordinary year, it has 1 odd day. So, the day on 12th
January 1980 is one day beyond the day on 12th January, 1979. Here,
January 12, 1980 was Saturday. So January
12, 1979 was Friday.

25.How many
Mondays are there in a particular month of a particular year, if the month ends
on Wednesday?

(A) 5 (B) 4

(C) 3 (D) None of the above

Answer: A or B

26.From the given
four statements, select the two which cannot be true but yet both can be false.
Choose the right pair:

(i) All men are mortal

(ii) Some men are mortal

(iii) No man is mortal

(iv) Some men are not mortal

(A) (i) and (ii) (B)
(iii) and (iv)

(C) (i) and (iii) (D)
(ii) and (iv)

Answer: D

27.A Syllogism
must have:

(A) Three terms (B) Four
terms

(C) Six terms (D)
Five terms

Answer: A

28.Copula is that
part of proposition which denotes the relationship between:

(A) Subject and predicate (B)
Known and unknown

(C) Major premise and minor premise (D)
Subject and object

Answer: A

29.“E” denotes:

(A) Universal Negative Proposition

(B) Particular Affirmative Proposition

(C) Universal Affirmative Proposition

(D) Particular Negative Proposition

Answer: A

Explanation:

Classification of Propositions:

(a) Universal Affirmative Proposition – A type

(b) Universal Negative Proposition – E type

(c) Particular Affirmative Proposition – I type

(d) Particular Negative Proposition – O type

30.‘A’ is the
father of ‘C’, and ‘D’ is the son of ‘B’. ‘E’ is the brother of ‘A’. If ‘C’ is
the sister of ‘D’, how is ‘B’ related to ‘E’ ?

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

All political systems need to mediate the relationship
between private wealth and public power. Those that fail risk a dysfunctional
government captured by wealthy interests. Corruption is one symptom of such
failure with private willingness-to-pay trumping public goals. Private
individuals and business firms pay to get routine services and to get to the
head of the bureaucratic queue. They pay to limit their taxes, avoid costly
regulations, obtain contracts at inflated prices and get concessions and privatized
firms at low prices. If corruption is endemic, public officials - both
bureaucrats and elected officials - may redesign programmes and propose public
projects with few public benefits and many opportunities for private profit. Of
course, corruption, in the sense of bribes, pay-offs and kickbacks, is only one
type of government failure. Efforts to promote ‘good governance’ must be broader
than anti-corruption campaigns. Governments may be honest but inefficient
because no one has an incentive to work productively, and narrow elites may
capture the state and exert excess influence on policy. Bribery may induce the
lazy to work hard and permit those not in the inner circle of cronies to obtain
benefits. However, even in such cases, corruption cannot be confined to
‘functional’ areas. It will be a temptation whenever private benefits are positive.
It may be a reasonable response to a harsh reality but, over time, it can
facilitate a spiral into an even worse situation.

11.The
governments which fail to focus on the relationship between private wealth and public
power are likely to become:

(A) Functional (B)
Dysfunctional

(C) Normal functioning (D)
Good governance

Answer: B

12.One important
symptom of bad governance is:

(A) Corruption (B)
High taxes

(C) Complicated rules and regulations (D)
High prices

Answer: A

13.When
corruption is rampant, public officials always aim at many opportunities for

(A) Public benefits (B) Public
profit

(C) Private profit (D)
Corporate gains

Answer: C

14.Productivity
linked incentives to public/private officials is one of the indicatives for:

(A) Efficient government (B)
Bad governance

(C) Inefficient government (D)
Corruption

Answer: A

15.The spiralling
corruption can only be contained by promoting:

(A) Private profit (B)
Anti-corruption campaign

(C) Good governance (D)
Pay-offs and kick backs

Answer: C

16.Press Council
of India is located at:

(A) Chennai (B) Mumbai

(C) Kolkata (D) Delhi

Answer: D

Explanation:

The Press Council of India was first set up in the
year 1966 by the Parliament on the recommendations of the First Press
Commission with the object of preserving the freedom of the press and of
maintaining and improving the standards of press in India. The present Council
functions under the Press Council Act 1978. It is a statutory body in India
that governs the conduct of the print media. It adjudicates the complaints
against and by the press for violation of ethics and for violation of the
freedom of the press respectively. Press Council of India is located at New
Delhi. PresentChairman of PCI.

17.Adjusting the
photo for publication by cutting is technically known as:

(A) Photo cutting (B) Photo
bleeding

(C) Photo cropping (D) Photo
adjustment

Answer: C

18.Feed-back of a
message comes from:

(A) Satellite (B) Media

(C) Audience (D) Communicator

Answer: C

19.Collection of
information in advance before designing communication strategy is known as